- Jan 1 Viktor Ullmann, Austrian pianist, conductor, and composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis), born in Teschen, Silesia (now Poland) (d. 1944)
- Jan 4 Roger Vuataz, Swiss composer and musician, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1988)
- Jan 6 Charles E. Pont, French-born Swiss-American artist, born in Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, France (d. 1971)
- Jan 6 Jan Filip Boon, Flemish journalist and editor (De Standaard 1929-39), born in Halle, Belgium (d. 1960)
- Jan 7 Al Bowlly, South African-British dance band vocalist ("Midnight, The Stars, And You"), and bandleader, born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique (now Maputo, Mozambique) (d. 1941)
- Jan 7 Art Baker, American TV host (You Asked For It), born in New York City (d. 1966)
- Jan 7 Gerónimo Baqueiro Foster, Mexican woodwind player, composer, and music teacher, born in Hopelchén, Campeche (d. 1967)
- Jan 9 Gracie Fields, English music hall/vaudeville performer and actress (Queen of Hearts), born in Rochdale, England (d. 1979)
- Jan 9 Vilma Bánky, Austrian silent screen actress (The Eagle, Rebel), born in Nagydorog, Austria-Hungary (d. 1991)
- Jan 9 Wally Baker, American supercentenarian, born in New Castle, Delaware (d. 2009)
- Jan 10 Waldo Semon, American chemist and inventor of PVC, born in Demopolis, Alabama (d. 1999) [1]
- Jan 11 Hans Kirk, Danish writer (The Fishermen), born in Hadsund, Denmark (d. 1962)
- Jan 12 Jose Forns y Cuadras, Spanish composer and teacher, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1952)
- Jan 13 Carlo Tagliabue, Italian operatic baritone, (La Scala, 1930-55), born in Mariano Comense, Italy (d. 1978)
- Jan 13 Kai Munk, Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, martyr (d. 1944)
- Jan 14 Helen Flint, American actress (Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1967)
- Jan 15 Dutch Meyer, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (National C'ship 1935, 38; TCU), born in Ellinger, Texas (d. 1982)
- Jan 16 Irving Rapper, UK-US film director (d. 1999)
- Jan 16 Margaret Booth, American film editor (d. 2002)
- Jan 20 U Razak, Burmese politician (d. 1947)
- Jan 21 Avery Claflin, American banker and composer ("Lament for April 15" - income tax form instructions set to music), born in Keene, New Hampshire (d. 1979) [1]
- Jan 21 John George [Tufei Fatella], Syrian actor (Black Orchids, Don Juan, Adventures of Fu Manchu), born in Aleppo, Syria (d. 1968)
- Jan 22 Alexander Abramsky, Russian-Soviet composer, born in Lutsk, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1985)
- Jan 22 Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch writer and playwright (Arid Earth) (d. 1973)
- Jan 22 Gustaf Paulson, Swedish organist and composer (The Resurrection Symphony), born in Hälsingborg, Sweden (d. 1966)
- Jan 22 Hans van Werveke, Belgian historian (Diocese Terwaan) (d. 1974)
- Jan 22 Ross Barnett, American lawyer and politician (Gov-D-Mississippi 1960-64), born in Standing Pine, Mississippi (d. 1987)
- Jan 22 Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), born in Riga, Latvia [NS] (d. 1948)
- Jan 23 Freda Utley, British scholar and author, born in London (d. 1978)
- Jan 23 Randolph Scott, American actor (Ride the High Country, Last of the Mohicans, Western Union), born in Orange County, Virginia (d. 1987)
- Jan 24 Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (d. 1939)
- Jan 25 Joachim Wach, German religious scholar (Understanding), born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 1955)
- Jan 28 Vittorio Rieti, Jewish Italian-American composer, born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1994)
- Jan 28 Wies Moens, Flemish writer and historian, born in Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde, Belgium (d. 1982)
- Jan 29 Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist, composer and conductor (La Guerre), born in Charleroi, Belgium (d. 1971)
- Jan 29 Karl Bjarnhof, Danish blind journalist and writer (The Stars Grow Pale), born in Vejle, Denmark (d. 1980)
- Jan 31 Fred Rich, Polish-American jazz pianist and dance band bandleader ("I'm Tickled Pink with a Blue-Eyed Baby"; The Abbott and Costello Show), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1956)
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30-39
40-49
50-59
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